New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-14
SOCIALIST RIOT IN LONDON.
BLOODSHED IN TRAFALGAR SQOAh me-
FOUR THOUSAND POLICE AGAINST loo'ooo
ANGRY MEN.

,vu, ooo c,y,zpxs AND FORTY POLICEMEN IN
yrprn- -CoMMONER GRAHAM CIVBBED AND AK
prsTrD-CAyAIRY AND INFANTRY SUM
NoSrp. BUT no FIRING DONE-THE RIOT
ACT NOT READ-A SCENE UNtQuAhh''
SINCE Tue HYDE PARK RIOT
LONDON, Nov. 13-MI. Robert cunningham" "'"'
,.m Member of Parliament for the Northwest Di'i-
non of Lanarkshire an advanced LIBERAL so-c""o"'
did not speak to his Socialist fIiends III ii"'"
Eouare to-day as ne had threatened 10 oo in w
6ance of the police. Tens OF 'hous"nu' VI
h;s excited followers fastened 10 'ho "q"aie
tine morning to resist the carrying out OF
.hs "ukase of the military despot.' as they chose
IN call Sir Charles Warren's proclamation; there
they met 1000 metropolitan police, ana al'er
numerous skrmishes and many serious con-
ficts dispersed in disorder, carrying with them
hundreds of broken heads and bruised oodies a"u
a lesson they will not soon forget. MI Granah WAS
clubbed for his pains arrested and released on bail
The scene has not been equalled since looo'
when the people. asserting the right OF puohc
meeting. destroyed the ralings around Hyde farK'
-Four thousand policemen took possession OF 'rc
approaches to Trafalgar Square at an early hour'
They had been on the ground but short time
when various societies. Socialist. tadlcal ana
Irish. approached the Square from every directon'
The paraders were headed by bands OF music ana
they carried banners and notices The ponce
attacked and dispersed each group as it arrived
lear the Square. Fierce fights took place on the
strand. Observation-Disclosures, Whitehall. Pail Mall
md other adjacent streets. One of the societes
mccceded in entering the Square. but was rcpuscd
iftcr bloody fight. in which Commoner Oiaham
GAS seriously injured. Mr.. Graham was suisse
seouenty arrested for attacking the police At
4:sO p m. the crowd in the vicinity of the Square
numbered 100000. and the Tolicc were powerlcSs
10 dsperse them. Cavalry and infantry were
summoned to the assistance OF the police, but no
charge was made. as the people of their own
accord began to disperse at dusk
About 200 citizens and forty policemen were
injured Fifty PERSONS were arrested. among thcm
being the Socialist Burns. Some of the injured
u.ere xvou enough TO leave the hospitals after
treatment. One patient was dreadluliy burhed
with vitriol squirtcd from syringe. Another
declares that he was bayoneted Two pohccmeh
Rere stabbed with knives. 1t was noticeable that
the crowd while hooting the police, checred the
cavalry and infantry posted in the middle OF lhe
Square ready for action in case the crowd broke
the poice line. If the crowd had succeeded IN
breaking the line it is believed that the riot act
would have been read and the infantry would
have been ordered to fire.
THE SQUARE GUARDED BY 1000 POLICE.
1be PROCLAMATION of Sir Charles Warren.
the head of the London police, Tor
bidding the holding of a meeting in Trafalgar
Square. was placardcd throughout London last
night. At & o'clock this morning the square
presented an animated appearance owing to the
continual arriving of Lodies of Iolce, small drafts
having been made from every district in the
metro Oils. Three hundred grenaders were sta
toned in the barracks in the rear of the National
Gallery The police 10 the number OF l.'oo
formed a hollow square four deep on the southern
side for the purpose of protecting Trafalgar square
TWENTY-FIVE hundred more were held III reserve
There were double patrols in all the debouchi1e
streets. Meantime vehicle traffic was small ana
the Sunday foot travel continued as usual, except
that no lettering was permitted.
Until l o'clock there were 10 signs of process
sion. At that hour groups, mainly OF sightscers
or ruffans, began 10 assemble in the Vlcini'y "i
the Square, but squad OF mounted polio" Kept
traffic moving and dis lerscd each group as II
formed. In these charges there were many eX
citing incidents. In ole a pOlicemans horse iell
with the rider underneath, and the crowd s1sgcd
around the prostratc man and threatened nm
until his comrades rescued him. AS the crowd
tckened the folice were compelled 10 use their
batons by 3 o'clock there an immense con-
course of people packed on the steps of ST.
Martins Church and Morlcy's Hotel, and on the
roofs of the houses in the adjacent streets. The
ma orty seemed to be respectable persons attracted
by curiosity. The remainder were ioafers of the
worst classes Several arrests were made about
this time
COMMONER GRAHAM GETS CLCBBiNG
An excited movement was visible at o'clock at
the Strand entrance Of the Square when, amid a
mingling of cheers and boots body OF police was
seen esoorting Mr.. r. Cunningham Graham and Mr.
Burns T. the centre OF the square Inspector Hume
says that Mr. Graham, who was bareheaded ana
was leading 400 men, made a determined eifort
10 break the police lines in order TO enter ule
square. They were -unarmed, but used their hsta
freely. The police drew their batons and Mr.
Graham received blow on the forehead and bicd
freely. Mr. Burns was arrested without receiving
blow After Mr.. Grahams wound had been
dressed by the Police, both prisoners were taken
to the station. Mr. Graham was released on
bail. but Mr.. Burns remained in custody.
In the meantime bodies of paradcrs had arrived
by every debouching avenue, but they we're dis
persed and compelled TO yield their flags and
banners before arriving at the Square. Numbers
crowded the omnibuses and harangued from the
knifeboards while the vehicles slowly traverscd
the front OF the Square and Cbaring Cross the
crowd cheering wildly. Then procession of
seven brakes crowded with men CARRYING small
sed Hags drove past St Martins Church and
tried TO stop in front OF the National Gallery
The police comlelled them to move N. ,nd hey
turned down the west side and attempted TO make
The circuit Of the Square. The police rushed to
the horses heads but, finding that it would
create u disturbance TO turn the iaradcrs suddenly
on the SauaI,. allowed them 10 complete the